UKMT Grey Kangaroo, 2016

Combinatorics Difficulty 1.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

A $3 \times 3 \times 3$ cube is built from $15$ black cubes and $12$ white cubes. Five faces of the larger cube are shown. Which of the following is the sixth face of the larger cube?

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